Fort Independence , originally named Camp Independence , was a fort located in the Owens Valley , 3 miles (4.8 km) north of present-day Independence , Inyo County , eastern California . The U.S. Army post was active from 1862 to 1877.
6-570: Fort Independence is the name of several forts in the United States: Fort Independence (California) , U.S. Cavalry fort during the 1860s, now site of the Fort Independence Indian Reservation near Independence, California Fort Independence (Colorado), frontier trading post near present-day Pueblo, Colorado Fort Independence (Massachusetts) , fort located at
12-539: The Bronx, NY Fort Independence (New York) , Revolutionary War fort at Peekskill, NY People [ edit ] Fort Independence Indian Community of Paiute Indians , a federally recognized tribe in California [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
18-417: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fort_Independence&oldid=723300831 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Fort Independence (California) Camp Independence
24-632: The mouth of Boston harbor on Castle Island Fort Independence (Missouri), in Independence, Missouri; the starting point of the Oregon Trail Fort Independence (Nebraska) military installation in Nebraska in the 1900s Fort Independence (Vermont) , is an infrequently used and incorrect alternative name for Mount Independence in Orwell, Vermont Fort Independence, Revolutionary War fort in
30-735: Was established on Oak Creek in the valley on July 4, 1862, during the Owens Valley Indian War . It also served as an American Civil War army post. The fort was briefly abandoned at the end of hostilities with the Owens Valley Paiute in December 1864. However, it was reoccupied by the Nevada Volunteers in March 1865, due to renewed conflict with the local Paiute. The post was finally abandoned on July 5, 1877. The military reservation
36-507: Was transferred to the Interior Department for disposition on July 22, 1884. When the military left the valley, the native Paiute and Shoshone peoples of the area held various allotments of land adjacent to the fort. The Fort Independence Reservation was officially established through executive orders Number 2264 and 2375 in 1915 and 1916. This provided the tribal members with 360 acres (1.5 km ) of land adjacent to Oak Creek in
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